Striker’s supreme mental strength has helped him bounce back from Bundesliga humiliation to be a cool conqueror of Barça
What a difference a year makes. On 5 May 2018 Divock Origi stood, shoulders slumped, at the Red Bull Arena having struggled to make an impact for Wolfsburg as they were thrashed 4-1 by Leipzig. It was another chastening afternoon at the club that had taken him on loan from Liverpool. A Bundesliga relegation play-off lay in wait after a season in which he had scored just six league goals in 34 appearances and suffered the public humiliation of being substituted in the first half against Hoffenheim two months earlier. He was then torn apart in the German press for admitting he knew nothing about Holstein Kiel, the team Wolfsburg would face in the two-legged decider.
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Written by Gregg Bakowski
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/08/how-psychology-helped-origi-be-a-liverpool-hero-after-wolfsburg-low under the title “How psychology helped Origi be a Liverpool hero after Wolfsburg low | Gregg Bakowski”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
